After Barack Obama attacked both John McCain and President Bush on Friday for a 'go-it-alone' policy in the Middle East, Republicans ripped Obama for his willingness to meet with nations like Iran without preconditions. The intense focus on national security was reminiscent of the 2004 presidential race between President Bush and then-Democratic nominee John Kerry.
"You know, it would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we don’t have enemies but that’s not the world we live in. And until Senator Obama understands that reality, the American people have every reason to doubt whether he has the strength and judgment and determination to keep us safe," McCain said, calling Obama’s foreign policy "reckless."
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said he thought President Bush "hit the nail on the head yesterday in Jerusalem. And today, the nails started to complain. It’s not just naive. It’s dangerous for our country."
The Republicans were all speaking at a National Rifle Association meeting in Louisville, Ky., which served as a staging point for the cross-party battle.
President Bush touched off the firestorm with his address to the Israel Knesset on Thursday, when, without mentioning Obama by name, he criticized politicians who would negotiate with terrorists and radicals — something the President has done many times before. He called such positions a "foolish delusion" and the "false comfort of appeasement."
Obama and other Democrats took it as an affront to him, and immediately attacked President Bush and John McCain.
As Republicans lined up at the NRA meeting to slam both Clinton and Obama for what they described as their lax defense of the Second Amendment, they weaved in several responses to Obama’s diplomatic positions.
Former GOP candidate Mitt Romney said if Barack Obama were to meet with "some of the world’s worst actors" as president, it would "bestow upon them the dignity of the office of the president of the United States, giving them a propaganda bonanza."
The Republicans also used the meeting to skewer Obama as an elitist politician who would curb the gun rights of ordinary Americans.
"Barack Obama may believe there is an individual right to bear arms in the Constitution. He would simply like to make it impossible for you to exercise that right," former President Bush adviser Karl Rove said.
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